Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07

D IlllpOrti s Stssti tics.j

Inap .f55tati
.elsIs,ros q, ,lF.l IL. 4 epat,,1.
sAsdrich chnir irnlaa tin senate. com.
ni,tee % lrsps spert u, ia,a roaies "a lthe
seabcar a,lil,ori zesSs slse publ lea 90
port vt Tint <.ota,,, itiee u,l!,on
|suEl lect iIrnsd ftei gi,,s id ID &c
Uni1ed ssslates md 81 het countries. the
study of vhicl., for pt,Ep Epese
iliag cera4 Al 1 rs i 8 Il. .ias
lerstate comm has lllssn long lid
sprs,grrss , III his cs,nai iitee The II,
a aie ci,ul mitlee
|apon lsth,t co,n q /, II s,ce 4 s.,tnewiiat
Moditled the work origina1ly mapped
out sLy the .cntaniliee On transpo statipu
routes 20 The sca hoard and tl,at com
|sit Was authorized to do, Hut to conduct
q special line ef inq,,iry 10 ascertain, Il
pnssible, the relative prosress Of the
various great producing centers. The
|complete. report makes 500 pages Of
printed matter and contains s. many
valuable tables ana mucl, information
on the subject of trans portation gathered
from nearly evesy country il. the world.
The first table .indicatssl the progress Of
the United States of d generation.
Thirty-,hree years ago we paoducedI
100000 900 bushel. oiwheat and abou,
500, ,0oo, ,OM bushels fcf corn. \ twice, 81 in
recent years, We have reached 5000 600
bushels of wheat, and ia 1l885 the corn
crop reached ! 500, ,0D0, 900 I basheles, u
,ire:fod increase in wheat and q three-
fold increase ID corn. The increase in
otl,er cereals hasnotbeen SO rapid nor
are they regarded by the committee
as so im portant as the increase ia wheat
and corn. In the export trade the
committee say wheat has already ranked
first in value and ID 58 years has added
tso Ihillionsix luadred millions 10 the
value Of our notional wealth a i. sum
equivalent TO four times .fhe value #of
Exported corn and corn meal during
the same period. The reports show the
countries 10 which every basbel Of this
grain has be exported and the percentage
fof eSportsso each syear from 1860 10
1883. TIE report also sir'ws the move
ment Of grain within the United States
and it point III out II what changes aaave
taken place il The esgrain centers Of The
country since the close Of the war.
The average annual ipts Of gr. ain 10
Portland. Me. New Orleans, Detroit
|&gsleyeland other l1oinis have remained
stationary. Boston, New York, San
Francciiscn, T. Eli Louis and
'IFIet,sia iashaye speak ing Ionndly !, doubiesl
their ayera Sc receipts during tue latte,
period A5mark ca iiscre ase IS noticeable
tin Milwaukee ana in Buffalo, but there
Ehas been decided increase in the re.
csipls ofs OsWego and O Ogdensburg. .s.* .s5 !
Atdropsinl prices. The report shows v,
Isthst5 lie. difference .sin the pri ces of corn
Ilet Keen the Atlantic ports: and the lake
ports has steadily declined from 81 cents
ner buahel iii 1873 10 10 cents per bushel
| ID 1883. I,l,e. Atlantic ports and ne
Western river ports froui 49, cents ii
l1S13 lo11 cents In 1855. o. d :ts$ .4s$ .Ss
ss&. LONG HAtU1.s AND SHORT HAULs.. X
All attempt was made by the committee
Ito ascertMn the rales Of freight from th'
lprincipAl inter mediate points 10 the sea
board and also from the intermediat'
points tostife principa cities OF yariou!
states. This Is nyeslig cation was sconduclet
in hope Of ascerta aiming facts in regart
Itothe difference Of rates charged 70
Hong hauls and short hauls andsto throw
.llightsudon the yexed question. of a lonl
haIl aud q short haul :: ..
$sS H5 ;:z II 4 FROM r soREIGN SHORES.
Turning from the United States ztt
liolcign countries the acommi'tee show
1sfile. .:zl,rodMctien and Consumption Q
lee,eals III Euis,pe and brings out the fac
hhat The Increase has been wlative,.
mach greater 50 the great grail
/ !. producing Countries thanEit has been j.
4Jhe grain buy1ng countries. The Unite'
i I3IItsingdom pears 10 have spurchaset
/ ffahspt iwo,t birds 81 an the wheat that ii
|IUnifed States exported curing Til
Il period and theretpfe special atlthtio'
::EEll,as been given 81, IN gland s whea
]. asI.ssapply, The tables show the n1arke'
tenlenc ii,s sall sllo,:iis ii count tries of q
4 p,aalaliuu % out grow its food produaciinll
capaciiy
! IN II
The CON il,iili BE III eproduce frol
M Isl knpsyn 4 as 81 me ind dem repprt,
which I'M summary ofs The. state ement 3
Inc anouD, ofl l n u heat (lacladin w hei
Iand iour sJlrtted into The Unite
onl from no g 81 Il Il incIusiys
4 spti & iia ow!
4 slpwiDg I,e ssnas faefs rom q q, &
IslS nslusiiss ling O. ~
lisIjls tLeEl / 9 nm m mnittes q 81 ~ 6 8 s.sanl
Z Snai;On III fhsSI n 1hl oW That 2ussi